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SPILL BOOK REVIEW: GILLIAN GAAR – GRUNGE! THE STORY OF THE MUSIC THAT REDEFINED ROCK
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SPILL BOOK REVIEW: ALICE COOPER AND DANIEL RICHLER – DEVIL ON MY SHOULDER
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SPILL BOOK REVIEW: MIKE DALEY – YORKVILLE: HOW A 1960s COFFEEHOUSE SCENE REWROTE POPULAR MUSIC
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SPILL BOOK REVIEW: RICHARD BOWES – GARY NUMAN: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY
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SPILL FILM REVIEW: PULP: WHAT DO YOU DO FOR AN ENCORE?
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SPILL BOOK REVIEW: KELLY CATLIN – KURT COBAIN: FOREVER IN BLOOM: THE LEGACY BEYOND THE TRAGEDY
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SPILL BOOK REVIEW: NIGEL DICK – MUSIC VIDEO MISCHIEF: OZZY TO BRITNEY, OASIS TO GN’R, McCARTNEY TO CHER: A LIFETIME OF ROCK AND CHAOS
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SPILL BOOK REVIEW: RACHEL BRODSKY – LESSONS & LACE: EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT DREAMS, HEARTBREAK, AND MAGIC I LEARNED FROM STEVIE NICKS
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SPILL BOOK REVIEW: MARTIN POPOFF – METALLICA: ALBUM BY ALBUM
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SPILL BOOK REVIEW: CHARLIE HARPER – AN ANARCHY OF DEMONS
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SPILL BOOK REVIEW: MITCHELL COHEN – WAKE ME, SHAKE ME: NEW YORK CITY, THE ’60s & THE POP-ROCK YOUTHQUAKE
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SPILL BOOK REVIEW: LEONARD GRAVES PHILLIPS – THE DICKIES AND ME – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF LEONARD GRAVES PHILLIPS
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SPILL BOOK REVIEW: TONY FLETCHER – POW! WHEN UK PUNK WENT POP 1980-84
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SPILL BOOK REVIEW: SEAN KELLY – BATTLE AXES: A HARD ROCKIN’ HISTORY OF POINTY GUITARS
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